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Testy; headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] Testif they were and lusty for to play. Chaucer.

The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct testification of our homage to God. South.

A testifier.

One who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.

others a knowledge of something not known to them. Jesus . . . needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man. John ii. 25.

laration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal. The judges shall certify their opinion to the chancellor, and upon such certificate the decree is usually founded. Blackstone. Certified check, A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it i…

An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.

To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism] The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop.

One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing.

To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. Abbott. To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon.

One who testifies or deposes; a deponent.

ortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds. With many other words did he testify and exhort. Acts ii. 40.

iew to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial. Bouvier.

the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy. Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance. Carew.

enote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. Thine own lips testify against thee. Jeb xv. 6.

ence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel. Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. Acts xviii. 5.

olvent. Wharton. Burrill. -- Privileged witnesses (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns in…

Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man. We . . . do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 1 John iv. 14. Who gave His Son sure all has given. Keble.

A place where a witness stands to testify in court.